Creative Play with Children at Risk

Name: Creative Play with Children at Risk
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781909301818
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By Sue Jennings

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Creative Play with Children at Risk by Sue Jennings explores the vital role of play in supporting the healthy development of children, especially those facing learning difficulties or developmental delays. Grounded in the concept of 'Neuro-Dramatic-Play', the book emphasises creating safe spaces and working sensitively with children’s emotions such as fear, anger, and rage. It incorporates the latest neuroscience and mindfulness approaches, offering practical activities like dressing-up, masks, puppets, and culturally diverse play techniques to foster children’s growth.
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This book is ideal for teachers, therapists, parents, and carers interested in enhancing the emotional and developmental wellbeing of children at risk through creative play.

Illustrates the importance of play for the developing child and outlines research showing the consequences of the 'non-playing' child; this book provides the practical ideas for playing with children from birth onwards and gives clear descriptions of the application of play techniques with children with special needs.

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This second edition is fully updated with the latest good practice in play. Based on an understanding of Neuro-Dramatic-Play, the book shows that play is an essential part of children's healthy development and many children at risk are those who are unable to play. It includes work with children with learning difficulties as well as those with developmental delay.

The book includes current thinking on neuroscience and illustrates the importance of mindfulness in our work with children.

Topics include:

creating the safe space
understanding and working with fear
understanding and working with anger and rage
new stories and worksheets
cross-cultural understanding of play
dressing-up and enactment
masks and puppets

Creative Play with Children at Risk is written for teachers, parents, and therapists, and all those who seek to enhance the lives of children.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781909301818

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Speechmark Publishing Ltd

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 494g

Pages: 166

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Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Sue Jennings

About the Author

Dr Sue Jennings pioneered Dramatherapy and Playtherapy in the UK and Europe and established the fields in postgraduate practice. Sue is a founding member of the British Association of Dramatherapists, is State Registered with the Health professions Counsil, a full member of the British Association of Play Therapists and Play Therapy UK. She is also a full member of the National Association of Drama Therapy (USA). Sue has written over 30 books on Dramatherapy, Playtherapy, Storytelling, Puppetry, Groupwork, Fertitility, Ritual, Folklore and Theatre published by: Routledge, Jessica Kingsley, Speechmark, Chrysalis (Vega) and OUP. Several books are translated into: Hebrew, Greek, Italian, Danish. Korean and Russian. Sue has also made videos of Dramatherapy theory and practice.

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